by Alison | Dec 19, 2023 | Blog
This year Geckoella has been lucky enough to survey pristine habitats within ancient woodlands in the Mendips. Amongst the trees surveyors found a plethora of interesting and rare woodland flowers including Toothwort which is a parasitic plant often found on Hazel....
by Alison | Dec 19, 2023 | Blog
With a name like Geckoella, we always have a fondness for reptile surveys. Our new recruit this year Sophie Pearce has taken part in several this year, and has demostrated a keen eye for spotting Slow Worms in amongst the dry grass under survey mats…not always...
by Alison | Dec 18, 2023 | Blog
It’s a Happy Christmas for Geckoella’s surveyors as they all received some lovely Christmas cards from the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland! Every ecologist in Geckoella is now accredited at FISC 3 or above – which means they are...
by Alison | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog
Geckoella Ecologist Dela Collins has had a year of ‘mucking about in the water’! Certainly not a deskbound surveyor Dela has been out and about collecting data about water voles and otters on the Somerset Levels.
by Alison | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog
Active at night! Bats in flight! All is calm, all is bright! Bat activity of mother and child! Feeding merrily whilst weather is mild. Sleep in roosts in peace! Sleep in roosts in peace! The image featured above is a capture of thermal imaging by...
by Alison | Dec 13, 2023 | Blog
2023 was a big year for Geckoella working with Conservation dogs. Supported by Geckoella and Kyrus; Sequor a dog detection service was launched in the Spring along with its own website. Read more about it...